Title
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"Sonnet 43"
A Sonnet is a poem of 14 lines of forming rhythmic schemes. Sonnet 43 sound like this poem is one out of 43. That this poem is nothing special. Not special enough to have a more unique title to differentiate itself from Browning's other works. |
Paraphrase
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Line 1: I love you. I love you in many ways
Line 2: I love you to the best of my ability Line 3: I love you with my soul (soul mates) Line 3 - 4: Even when I lose faith in God and the human race, I will still love you or; My love for you is comparative to the love God has for Humans Line 5: There is not a day that goes by that I do not love you Line 6: I need you to live, I need you as much as a person needs air, food, water, warmth, and light. Line 7: I love you with my own free will and therefor I am happy; while other men fight for the Right to have free will Line 8: I love you without corruption, I am loyal and my love is unchangeable; whereas other are not always as reliable. Line 9: I love you with such a strong passion Line 10: Even when i was grieving, you were on my mind, and with blind, unyielding faith, I shall continue to love you Line 11: The love if feel for you is like the love only a child possesses, and as one grows up, that love is lost. Yet with you, that feeling of love has been regained. Line 12-13: I love you with every breath, every smile, and every tear of my life. Line 13-14: and my love for you is not only "until death do we part", but God-willing, I shall love you past the grave and onto infinity. |
Connotations
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Alliterations
"depth and breadth and height" "purely, Praise" POV: First Person Meant for intimacy, personal feeling Interesting Diction Old English Use of "thee" and mentions the people still fighting for "Right" Was not intentional, just shows how old this poem is, also make the reader think of how love is universal. Metaphor "I love thee to the depth and breadth and height My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight For the ends of Being and ideal Grace." "I love thee to the level of everyday's Most quiet need, by sun and candle-light" "I love thee with the breath, Smiles, tears, of all my life!" Simile "I love thee freely, as men strive for Right; I love thee purely, as they turn from Praise." Allusion "ends of Being and ideal Grace" Allusion to the Bible used to compare love between speaker and lover and love between God and his Humans Anaphora "I love thee" is repeated throughout the poem used to keep the reader reminded of her love and portray the intensity of her feelings |
Attitude
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Intimately Passionate
Persistently Loving |
Shift
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One notable shift is line 14. Moves from present tense to future tense.
"I love thee" to " I shall but love thee" meaning not only do i love you now, i shall love you in the future as well |
Theme
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True love is universal, unconditional, unwaveringly loyal, and eternal.
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Title Again
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The title "Sonnet 43" is still very simple and not unique. Yet it is part of a collection call "Poems From the Portuguese". The title of the collection has a very personal meaning to the poet and her husband. She dedicated the book to him with just the title by using the nickname he gave her. "Sonnet 43" is just one out of many ways she expressed her love for him, so therefore it is not singled out.
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Speaker
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The speaker is the poet in this case
Elizabeth is trying to express her love to her husband Robert as "the Portuguese" which is his nickname for her |